The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf
The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020 In September 2019, the research icebreaker Po larstern started the largest multidisciplinary Arctic expedi tion to date, the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Obser vatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) dri...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/70913 2024-06-09T07:44:02+00:00 The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf Krumpen, Thomas Birrien, Florent Kauker, Frank Rackow, Thomas Albedy, Luisa von, II Angelopoulos, Michael Bessonov, Vladimir Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Haapala, Jari Haas, Christian Belter, H. Jakob Harris, Carolynn Hendricks, Stefan Hoelemann, Jens Hoppmann, Mario Kaleschke, Lars Karcher, Michael Kolabutin, Nikolai Lei, Ruibo Lenz, Josefine Morgenstern, Anne Nicolaus, Marcel Nixdorf., Uwe Petrovsky, Tomash Rabe, Benjamin Rabenstein, Lasse Rex, Markus Ricker, Robert Rohde, Jan Shimanchuk, Egor Singha, Suman Smolyanitsky, Vasily Sokolov, Vladimir Stanton, Tim Timofeeva, Anna Tsamados, Michel Watkins, Daniel Naval Postgraduate School Oceanography 2020-07-06 15 p. application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/70913 unknown Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union Krumpen, Thomas, et al. "The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf." The Cryosphere 14.7 (2020): 2173-2187. https://hdl.handle.net/10945/70913 Article 2020 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T00:42:13Z The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020 In September 2019, the research icebreaker Po larstern started the largest multidisciplinary Arctic expedi tion to date, the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Obser vatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) drift experiment. Be ing moored to an ice floe for a whole year, thus including the winter season, the declared goal of the expedition is to better understand and quantify relevant processes within the atmosphere–ice–ocean system that impact the sea ice mass and energy budget, ultimately leading to much improved cli mate models. Satellite observations, atmospheric reanalysis data, and readings from a nearby meteorological station in dicate that the interplay of high ice export in late winter and exceptionally high air temperatures resulted in the longest ice-free summer period since reliable instrumental records began. We show, using a Lagrangian tracking tool and a ther modynamic sea ice model, that the MOSAiC floe carrying the Central Observatory (CO) formed in a polynya event north of the New Siberian Islands at the beginning of De cember 2018. The results further indicate that sea ice in the vicinity of the CO ( < 40 km distance) was younger and 36 % thinner than the surrounding ice with potential consequences for ice dynamics and momentum and heat transfer between ocean and atmosphere. Sea ice surveys carried out on vari ous reference floes in autumn 2019 verify this gradient in ice thickness, and sediments discovered in ice cores (so-called dirty sea ice) around the CO confirm contact with shallow (grant no. 03F0777A), (63A0028B) (grant no. AO OCE3562) (grant no. 640161) grant no. AO/1-6772/11/I-AM) German Ministry for Education and Research German Aerospace Center German Minsitry for Education and Research (MOSAiC20192020) EU H2020 European Space Agency Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic New Siberian Islands Sea ice The Cryosphere Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic New Siberian Islands ENVELOPE(142.000,142.000,75.000,75.000) |
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020 In September 2019, the research icebreaker Po larstern started the largest multidisciplinary Arctic expedi tion to date, the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Obser vatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) drift experiment. Be ing moored to an ice floe for a whole year, thus including the winter season, the declared goal of the expedition is to better understand and quantify relevant processes within the atmosphere–ice–ocean system that impact the sea ice mass and energy budget, ultimately leading to much improved cli mate models. Satellite observations, atmospheric reanalysis data, and readings from a nearby meteorological station in dicate that the interplay of high ice export in late winter and exceptionally high air temperatures resulted in the longest ice-free summer period since reliable instrumental records began. We show, using a Lagrangian tracking tool and a ther modynamic sea ice model, that the MOSAiC floe carrying the Central Observatory (CO) formed in a polynya event north of the New Siberian Islands at the beginning of De cember 2018. The results further indicate that sea ice in the vicinity of the CO ( < 40 km distance) was younger and 36 % thinner than the surrounding ice with potential consequences for ice dynamics and momentum and heat transfer between ocean and atmosphere. Sea ice surveys carried out on vari ous reference floes in autumn 2019 verify this gradient in ice thickness, and sediments discovered in ice cores (so-called dirty sea ice) around the CO confirm contact with shallow (grant no. 03F0777A), (63A0028B) (grant no. AO OCE3562) (grant no. 640161) grant no. AO/1-6772/11/I-AM) German Ministry for Education and Research German Aerospace Center German Minsitry for Education and Research (MOSAiC20192020) EU H2020 European Space Agency |
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Krumpen, Thomas Birrien, Florent Kauker, Frank Rackow, Thomas Albedy, Luisa von, II Angelopoulos, Michael Bessonov, Vladimir Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Haapala, Jari Haas, Christian Belter, H. Jakob Harris, Carolynn Hendricks, Stefan Hoelemann, Jens Hoppmann, Mario Kaleschke, Lars Karcher, Michael Kolabutin, Nikolai Lei, Ruibo Lenz, Josefine Morgenstern, Anne Nicolaus, Marcel Nixdorf., Uwe Petrovsky, Tomash Rabe, Benjamin Rabenstein, Lasse Rex, Markus Ricker, Robert Rohde, Jan Shimanchuk, Egor Singha, Suman Smolyanitsky, Vasily Sokolov, Vladimir Stanton, Tim Timofeeva, Anna Tsamados, Michel Watkins, Daniel |
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Krumpen, Thomas Birrien, Florent Kauker, Frank Rackow, Thomas Albedy, Luisa von, II Angelopoulos, Michael Bessonov, Vladimir Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Haapala, Jari Haas, Christian Belter, H. Jakob Harris, Carolynn Hendricks, Stefan Hoelemann, Jens Hoppmann, Mario Kaleschke, Lars Karcher, Michael Kolabutin, Nikolai Lei, Ruibo Lenz, Josefine Morgenstern, Anne Nicolaus, Marcel Nixdorf., Uwe Petrovsky, Tomash Rabe, Benjamin Rabenstein, Lasse Rex, Markus Ricker, Robert Rohde, Jan Shimanchuk, Egor Singha, Suman Smolyanitsky, Vasily Sokolov, Vladimir Stanton, Tim Timofeeva, Anna Tsamados, Michel Watkins, Daniel The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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Krumpen, Thomas Birrien, Florent Kauker, Frank Rackow, Thomas Albedy, Luisa von, II Angelopoulos, Michael Bessonov, Vladimir Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Haapala, Jari Haas, Christian Belter, H. Jakob Harris, Carolynn Hendricks, Stefan Hoelemann, Jens Hoppmann, Mario Kaleschke, Lars Karcher, Michael Kolabutin, Nikolai Lei, Ruibo Lenz, Josefine Morgenstern, Anne Nicolaus, Marcel Nixdorf., Uwe Petrovsky, Tomash Rabe, Benjamin Rabenstein, Lasse Rex, Markus Ricker, Robert Rohde, Jan Shimanchuk, Egor Singha, Suman Smolyanitsky, Vasily Sokolov, Vladimir Stanton, Tim Timofeeva, Anna Tsamados, Michel Watkins, Daniel |
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The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf |
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mosaic ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the siberian shelf |
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Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union |
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Krumpen, Thomas, et al. "The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf." The Cryosphere 14.7 (2020): 2173-2187. https://hdl.handle.net/10945/70913 |
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